OpenAI reveals plans to launch its first physical device in late 2026, a small screenless wearable gadget designed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive that CEO Sam Altman promises will be surprisingly simple and more 'peaceful' than smartphones.
Anthropic launches Knowledge Bases for Claude Cowork, enabling persistent information repositories that Claude can reference and update, while shifting to a productivity-focused interface that merges traditional chat with workflow tools, expanded connector management, and enhanced voice capabilities.
Everyday people are using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to create personalized 'micro apps' for dining recommendations, health tracking, and habit monitoring within days, potentially disrupting the subscription software model as individuals build custom solutions instead of paying monthly fees for existing products.
Deepgram secures $130M Series C funding at $1.3B valuation while acquiring restaurant AI voice platform OfOne, as the startup races to pass the Audio Turing Test within a year amid intensifying competition in voice AI technology that promises more natural human-computer interactions across industries.
The $699 Humane Ai Pin receives devastating reviews as the futuristic wearable overheats within minutes, hallucinates false information, fails at basic functions like alarms, and becomes unreadable in sunlight, earning dismal 4-5/10 ratings from major tech publications who warn consumers to avoid the unfinished product.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares Apple the company's primary long-term competitor, asserting that future AI battles will be won through devices rather than software alone, signaling a strategic shift toward hardware integration for market dominance.
Salesforce launches an upgraded AI-powered Slackbot today that schedules meetings and answers workflow questions using conversation context and company data, available exclusively for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers with enterprise-grade security features.
Anthropic releases Claude Cowork agent tool exclusively for Mac subscribers, enabling non-developers to automate computer tasks through AI despite acknowledging serious security vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive user data.
Apple strikes a massive $1 billion annual deal with Google to supercharge Siri using Gemini AI models, accelerating the voice assistant's upgrade timeline while delaying its own proprietary AI development until 2026.
Elegant, poetic language tricks both humans and AI into trusting harmful information by exploiting cognitive biases that equate beautiful expression with truth in humans, while AI safety systems fail to detect threats disguised through metaphors and literary devices rather than explicit statements.